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Ryan VanGrack, vice chair and head of corporate affairs at Coinbase, said the crypto industry has reached a turning point on the CLARITY Act, with a broader coalition now backing the bill than ever before. “It’s time to stop talking and start voting,” VanGrack said, fresh off meetings in Washington ahead of the Senate’s return later this month. A Coalition Beyond Crypto VanGrack said the push for CLARITY now extends well past the crypto industry itself. Law enforcement groups, major Wall Street firms, and millions of crypto voters have coalesced around the bill after taking time to actually study what’s…

Solana continues to assert itself in the crypto market, dominating memecoin trading across all chains. According to a recent report from SolanaFloor, Solana captured an impressive 78% of the total decentralized exchange (DEX) volume for memecoins last week. This significant share highlights the growing interest in Solana’s ecosystem and could shift market sentiment in the coming days. What Happened The broader crypto market has been exhibiting mixed signals, but Solana’s recent performance in memecoin trading stands out. Capturing 78% of DEX volume reflects strong community engagement and a potential pivot in trader focus towards Solana-based assets. Given the renewed interest…

A public Hyperliquid wallet valued at about $107 million on July 19 fully exited its 40x Bitcoin long on July 20 after briefly expanding to 1,897 $BTC. Lookonchain had reported a 1,660 $BTC position with a listed liquidation price near $63,123. Hyperliquid’s public account data show the wallet added another 235 $BTC early on July 20. The wallet then sold 903.48 $BTC at an average price near $64,666, leaving 994 $BTC. $BTC. It closed the remainder at 06:33 UTC at an average price of about $63,931, generating $63.56 million in closed trades and fully exiting the position. Across both phases,…

Bitmine BMNR$24,77·Mercado cerrado, the largest Ethereum-focused digital asset treasury firm, said Monday it bought another 27,180 ether $ETH$2513,76 last week, putting the firm closer to its goal of cornering 5% of the cryptocurrency’s supply. The haul was worth roughly $68 million at Monday’s ether price of just above $2,500 and brought the company’s stash to 5,956,378 $ETH. With ether’s supply at about 122 million tokens, Bitmine needs roughly another 144,000 $ETH to hit the 6.1 million mark, putting its target within sight if it keeps the acquisition pace. Bitmine’s buying held at about the same pace as the week before.…

Coinbase’s new B20 stock tokens on Base place Apple, Alphabet, Meta and Nvidia-linked exposure on a blockchain that keeps trading through the weekend. AAPLc, GOOGLc, METAc and NVDAc confer beneficial claims on underlying shares held within Coinbase’s tokenization structure; they are designed for eligible users outside the United States and differ from ordinary US-listed shares. Coinbase describes continuous secondary transferability, while Base presents the assets as building blocks for decentralized finance. That DeFi pitch includes a prominent borrowing example. Base says a holder could use tokenized Nvidia exposure as collateral on Aave, creating an obvious risk question when the token…

All crypto eyes have turned to the two major events next week (and the CPI inflation data on Friday), with some favoring the FOMC meeting, while others put more emphasis on the CLARITY Act vote on September 15. The $XRP community appears to be in the second camp, as the countdown to the vote has become one of the biggest talking points among them, especially on X and Reddit. One of the popular users going by the X handle RippleXity recently outlined the significance of the CLARITY Act on $XRP since it could put the token “at the center.” $XRP…

Kalshi is partnering with brokerage infrastructure provider Alpaca to expand access to its event contracts outside the US. The deal comes as financial infrastructure firms increasingly add Kalshi’s contracts to their platforms. Finance Magnates reported that Alpaca recently registered as an FCM with the CFTC, while Apex launched an API allowing brokers and fintech firms to offer Kalshi contracts without building their own FCM infrastructure or direct exchange connectivity. Tony Lee, Alpaca’s chief brokerage officer, Source: LinkedIn Under the new agreement, financial institutions using Alpaca’s technology will be able to offer Kalshi contracts through their existing brokerage infrastructure. Availability will…

The move came after a hard drop on July 17, when $BTC fell to $63,706 as U.S. stocks sold off and oil prices jumped on renewed Middle East fighting. By July 20, the price had recovered more than 3% from that low, and bitcoin’s market cap sat near $1.313 trillion. The bounce did not happen in a straight line. Traders spent July 18 and 19 grinding through consolidation, with futures data showing closes between $64,120 and $64,270. Sentiment stayed mixed as war headlines rolled in, but the price action itself told a calmer story. Chart patterns began forming higher lows…

Joseph Lubin, Chairman & CEO of MetaMask and Founder of Consensys, is set to join Lido’s Poolside community call on September 14th, 2026, a conversation squarely focused on institutional Ethereum staking. The session, flagged through a Lido announcement on X, signals that staking providers and blockchain founders are paying closer attention to how large financial players want to interact with Ethereum going forward. Key takeaways Joseph Lubin, Chairman & CEO of MetaMask and Founder of Consensys, will join Lido’s Poolside community call on September 14th, 2026. The discussion centers on institutional Ethereum staking and the growing participation of large investors…

The US Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion from July through September while paying investors to hand back some of its older bonds. The pairing looks self-defeating because both transactions involve the same issuer. However, they are on separate ledgers and solve separate problems: auctions finance the government and create liquid benchmarks, while buybacks retire selected old issues or help Treasury manage its cash balance. Treasury’s Aug. 3 borrowing estimate assumes a $950 billion cash balance at the end of September, then projects another $628 billion of borrowing from October through December. Its August refunding statement authorized as much as…